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The Italian heavy cavalry and knights still used the traditional knightly weapon, the sword. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info this classic, both slashing and stabbing weapons, the biggest weakness is that the armor-piercing ability is too poor. And now, in this era of armor development is getting faster and faster. This shortcoming is fatal enough.

In comparison, the classic weapon of the Norman knights, the tomahawk, is not mentioned for the time being. The hussars were equipped with weapons that were quite aimed at the hoplites. A light cavalry crossbow, although not as long as a compound bow or a heavy crossbow for infantry. But the close-range lethality is extremely amazing, within ten meters, it can penetrate two millimeters of cuirass armor!

At this moment, the cavalry on both sides were entangled, and they all lost their speed. I didn't have time to wind it though. However, when used as a surname weapon, it can work wonders.

In addition to cavalry crossbows, the melee weapons equipped by hussars are also war hammers, maces, meteor hammers, multi-head chain flails and other items with armor-piercing bonuses. Wield it with a tiger. The exchange of killing Italians crying dad and shouting mothers - although slightly inferior in defense. But relatively speaking: the defense of the hard leather armor against the longsword, compared to the defense of the plate chain composite armor against the armor-piercing weapon, in turn is slightly higher.

In addition, because of the light armor, the Norman hussars were also more agile, whether it was dodging, blocking or attacking, all half a beat faster than the Italians. And heavy weapons such as war hammers and maces can also take advantage of long swords. The combination of these advantages allowed the Norman hussars to win an absolute victory against the Italian heavy cavalry.

Not to mention, they were much more numerous than the Italian heavy cavalry.

At this point, the Norman Empire had an absolute advantage. Frontally, hoplites are torturing enemy soldiers. On the flanks, Norman knights and hussars torture the Italian heavy cavalry. At the same time, the longbowmen and crossbowmen, who were following behind, also came into range and began to throw, sending a rain of arrows over the heads of the Italians. This further increased the number of Italian casualties.

At this moment, even the main aces of the enemy, the well-armed Venetian hoplites, completely lost confidence. The rout began to gradually increase...... Sure enough, there is no suspense about it to be defeated...... The two dukes, Francisco and Werther, looked at each other and saw the fear and despair in each other's eyes.

Sure enough, fighting the Normans was not much fun...... Not to mention rights and status. I can't save my life.

At this moment, even more violent cheers erupted from the front - seeing that the situation was ripe, General Winder smiled and blessed his men with the Nordic Wolf skill. The Norman army was greatly strengthened and its morale was like a rainbow. An even more violent attack was launched. And the Italian army could not support it under such a onslaught. Helplessly...... "In order not to be insulted, I have made a decision. Werther sighed softly, and looked at the soldiers in front of him who were running frantically and crying, and said such words. Then gritted his teeth, and without hesitation, he pulled out the saber at his waist and slashed his neck, and the arterial blood sprayed Francisco in the face.

"Duke!!" saw Werther do so, and the knights beside him either cried and screamed for suicide, or roared angrily, like moths to a fire, and rushed towards the surging Norman army. Only Duke Francisco and his knights were left looking at each other. Don’t know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon.

Unlike the young, hard-tempered Werther, the Duke of Francisco did not have the courage to die. The body, which had just been immobilized by despair and fear, was also stimulated by Werther's blood, and in turn...... "I, let's retreat - back to Milan! Quick!!" shouted the Duke Francisco, then turned on his horse and fled quickly to the north. The knights also ran. A brocade robe, a golden crown, a gilded armor, and a sword adorned with precious stones...... Everything that would affect speed was thrown away by Francisco. His knights did the same, throwing off their armor to increase their speed.

The duke, who was originally shining brightly, and a group of heavily armored and formidable knights, became like refugees in a very short period of time. It's disgusting.

On the other side, the battle came to an end. The Norman army went on the offensive and completely disintegrated the last of the enemy still resisting. Capture captives and plunder the spoils of war. And he took Genoa. The blue snake flag representing Milan was dropped on the ground, and the four-winged white phoenix flag representing the great Norman Empire was raised.

"Victory! Victory belongs to my lord, the great Norman Emperor, to the great empire founded by the great Egil, and to our most loyal and brave warriors!! General Wende shouted at the head of the city: "Today's victory means that the empire has mastered Italy, and this peninsula is now all owned by the Norman Empire! Its territory, people, and wealth are all owned by the great Egil the Great!!

After this victory, with the fall of Genoa, one of the most important cities in northern Italy. The vast majority of the resistance in northern Italy collapsed. General Winder took advantage of the victory to pursue. Ride a fast horse and attack in all directions. He told the villages and towns of northern Italy to submit to the laws and rule of the Norman Empire. At the same time, the main force continued northward, heading straight for Milan, the last important city in northern Italy.

As long as Milan, the last bastion of the resistance in northern Italy, is crushed, then this peninsula with a strong commercial atmosphere is truly the Norman Empire!!

At the same time, when General Winde won successive victories in northern Italy. As they added to the empire, the other three armies also made their own progress. Not to mention the other two routes, but only General Fahr, this hot-tempered general surnamed Blazing, although angry, was still helpless - for various reasons, his army was the slowest to advance.

Because it was necessary to continue to purge the Burgundian remnant, troops had to be sent to spy on Spain. Therefore, General Farr's department was the weakest of the Fourth Route Army. The other armies had 30,000 troops, but General Farr had only 20,000 under his command - of course, this was not the point, and if there were no more troops, it was to be compensated for by tactics and command. As a guy who is in charge of twenty o'clock, this idea is still there. But that's not all.

General Walter in the north had to deal with the combined forces of Hesse and Brandenburg, while in the east General Ers, he had to face the so-called "Holy Roman Emperor" who ruled Austria and Bohemia, and General Winder in the south had to deal with the allied forces of Northern Italy. There was only General Farr, who was supposed to be to deal with, or rather occupy, the Swabian of the weakest of the kingdoms of the gods, and now it is not known whether he could be called a nation.

Since the death of Henry, the son of Frederick the Redbeard, the Duke of Swabia and the son of Frederick the Redbeard, Swabian has been plunged into chaos. This area is getting worse and worse, and there is no sign of improvement at all. With the defeat of the Second Anti-Norman War, then into civil strife, then with the Black Death...... Such a series of blows made this dukedom, which had been well developed, one of the most barren and inhospitable areas of Europa.

Originally, to deal with this kind of opponent, General Farr found it boring. He felt that such an adversary would not even need to send an army, but send a few hundred men and horses to take Swabian City, and then he could declare victory and send officials if there were still people there for them to administer.

Mistakes, and that's how they arose.

General Farr was an excellent general, commander and military strategist. But in politics he is as idiotic as a baby. This is one of the reasons why this guy is full of loyalty and zero ambition. Egil is also quite happy with this setting. Because in this way, there is no need to be afraid of the military interfering in politics.

However, it was also for this reason that General Farr's army was in a crisis.

Enemies that weren't supposed to appear have appeared. On the way to Swabia there were a large number of attacks, some of them a few people, some of them dozens of people, and even small units of hundreds, hundreds of people. They used the mountainous terrain of the South German region to conduct guerrilla warfare. They are well-trained, tough, and unyielding – they are from Switzerland.

General Farr encountered an attack from the Swiss. Originally, Egil thought that after the death of their Duke William, they would not have the power to act, and after providing mercenaries to Burgundy and failing, they finally couldn't help it and stood up directly and stood on the opposite side of the Norman Empire.

It was also a while before Egil learned the news - Switzerland, which he originally regarded as chicken ribs and wanted to postpone the attack for a while, did not join the anti-Norman alliance, but fought against the Norman Empire!

They abandoned feudalism and replaced it with a "parliament" of plebeian leaders. And a republic was proclaimed.

At the same time, because Switzerland is a mountainous region, the population is scattered. So in the course of the spread of the Black Death, Switzerland did not suffer very much. In addition, the Swiss people are fierce, and most of the male surnames learn mercenary skills, so this time they are ruthless, and they can take out an army of thirty or forty thousand at once. The night attack is a refusal to fight a decisive battle with the Normans. Leaving the Norman army exhausted. And because of the unfamiliar terrain and the fact that he was not good at mountain warfare, General Farr suffered losses more than once. This made him extremely angry, but there was nothing he could do.

The mountainous terrain also makes it very difficult to transport supplies, and the livelihood of the people in the Swabian area is withering, so it is not able to provide much help. General Farr was careless, and he fell into a dilemma.

(To be continued)